ON DEMAND’S ‘HQ’ NOT SO MUCH – UPDATED

UPDATE: Apparently I had to adjust the disappearing slider thingy at the bottom. Looks awesome now.

Those of you watching games today using the On Demand web feature are in for a mixed bag today. The application streaming the games offers a “Watch in High Quality” button. Did they do this last year? I don’t remember.

Anyway, it blows. Above is a screenshot of the stream (I’m using Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP) and it looks like it’s being projected onto a screen of burlap. Lame. This may not be representative of your viewing experiences, which you can share in the comments.

The standard quality, however, is actually pretty good, and from my vantage point, better than the HQ stream. I suppose the online video is as unpredictable as the tournament itself.

that and you actually have the video quality set on “Fair” maybe you should bump that up a bit

By: ihopethisgetsmattmoney

03.19.2009 @ 1:23 PM

I’ve got normal Timewarner Roadrunner over a wireless router, using Firefox, and my connection is great. It’s running on about a 30 second delay from the TV as far as I can tell, but the quality on High is really good.

By: Merk

03.19.2009 @ 1:25 PM

Punte making a rushed, uninformed, negative opinion on something?

Well i never…

By: PUNTE

03.19.2009 @ 1:29 PM

THE GODDAMN SLIDER DISAPPEARS AFTER LIKE TWO SECONDS.

I need to get to the bar.

By: Punch Rockgroin

03.19.2009 @ 1:41 PM

Don’t worry, they have the Internet on CD-ROM nowadays.

By: Clash311

03.19.2009 @ 1:54 PM

I love contrasting this Blog with the Louis CK piece posted on Warming Glow today – “Everything’s Amazing, Nobody’s Happy.” Get real dude, you can watch literally every NCAA game occurring live, with decent quality, FOR FREE. I remember in High School (10 years ago), they would wheel a 20 inch analog television into the cafeteria, so the 400 kids eating lunch at that time could crowd around it and watch whatever game CBS wanted to air and it was freaking amazing. Now you can watch three games simultaneously, surf for porn, buy crap on amazon, and have your e-bracket updated in real-time for you. It’s amazing, get happy!

By: PUNTE

03.19.2009 @ 2:01 PM

It’s amazing, get happy!

Blow me.

By: Blackcapricorn

03.19.2009 @ 2:28 PM

My feed sucks on any quality level. I am sure there is a bestiality/blow job joke in there somewhere but I am too tired today to make it.